An artisan butcher shop on the Eastside

It isn't easy to catch Bon Appetit's eye, mostly because magazines don't have organs that detect light and convert it into electrochemical impulses in neurons. Buuuuut, local butchers Salt & Time managed to do it anyway with their coffee-rubbed lomo, a piece of press that helped buoy them from farmer's market stand to this brick and mortar, where they're peddling everything from genre-pushing signature creations like Pecan Porter-brined bacon to fresh-baked bread and Cuvee coffee

Pancetta comes from the belly of the beast just like bacon (and Jonah 2:1-10), but instead of getting smoked and brined it's cured with pepper and juniper

For a small "porkage fee" salumi like this fennel/juniper/nutmeg-cured lonzino pork loin is served with a setup of bread and pickles to be eaten at the counter

Much like snake-oil salesmen, they've built their reputation on exotic cures, but the deli case is also stocked with cookable meats like breakfast goat sausage, rare beef cuts, and smoked all-pork hot dogs stuffed with cheddar and jalapenos

Also available for devouring are grab-and-go sandwiches on carbs made in-house by breadsmith Baked In Austin, also the name of Matthew McConaughey's personal blog

And also much like snake-oil salesman, you can reek of false confidence and booze thanks to a selection of top-notch local brews from the likes of Austin Beerworks and Jester King, a pair responsible for the devastation of many a small interior organ

Photos by JW Walthall